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From: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
To: Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com>
Cc: Spectrum OS Development <devel@spectrum-os.org>
Subject: Re: USB network cards
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 14:53:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h5o0diui.fsf@alyssa.is> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ed0ab317-5f2a-477f-a342-ca3d2d0676c0@gmail.com>

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Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com> writes:

> A lot of modern laptops don't have RJ45 jacks.  Ethernet is only
> supported via USB Ethernet adapters.
>
> Is this just a special case of broader USB support, or is it worth
> handling separately?  If the Linux USB core and the xHCI driver were
> secure against malicious input, it might make sense to implement
> the drivers in userspace on the router.  Sadly, that isn't the case
> right now.

I don't immediately see a reason it would need to be handled separately.
The router VM shouldn't care whether a network device is USB or not.
What special handling do you imagine?

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      reply	other threads:[~2026-05-21 12:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-21  1:16 USB network cards Demi Marie Obenour
2026-05-21 12:53 ` Alyssa Ross [this message]

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